
The Wonderful World Of Zixuan Zhao

Around Me
“Fall”-2021
This work was created during the second year of study at OCAD University. Because
of covid-19's online classes at home, I was unable to make contact with the outside
world. At that time, my father bought a tank of goldfish and kept it at home. I
wondered if the goldfish wanted to go out and play as much as I did, but I could help
the goldfish by dumping them in the river to give them freedom (although I didn't do
that...). Fall is not a bad thing for them, it's the process of giving them freedom. And I
want to land with them, I want to be free too. Meanwhile it was a fall in September,
and I was looking forward to the freedom in the fall, and I guess the goldfish were
looking forward to the "fall". Maybe I was thinking the same thing as the goldfish
during that time.
This painting is a record of the few goldfish I have left until now, and my thoughts
about being locked up in my home during the epidemic. It's also a speculation that I
have about animals. Maybe animals have the same thoughts as people?

"Me"-2020
Self-portrait in 2020

“Finding Myself”-2021
This painting depicts my confusion and my search for direction when I first entered university.

“ACNE”-2023
This is a cartoon about acne that symbolizes everyone's experience growing up including mine.

“Link Love”-2021
I think there are many kinds of links to love, and having a common hobby is one of them.

“Flowers, sun, rainbows”-2021
Portrait
